Agencies Warn Homeless About El Niño Flood Risk

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Homeless people living in Southern California’s storm drains and riverbeds are being warned to find other shelter before the expected arrival of significant rains spawned by the warming of the eastern Pacific Ocean known as El Nino.The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/1NkYXVk ) that officials are trying to persuade river dwellers to move to safety. If those efforts fail, authorities say, they will try to forcibly remove them if flooding is imminent.
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